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The petty-bourgeois “left” promotes the CIA war in Syria

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Saturday April 13, 2013 11:10author by fred Report this post to the editors

For those of you following events in Syria, WSWS has an interesting analysis of how the "petty bourgeois" left has given it's support to a CIA backed coup by right wing religious fundamentalists in Syria. Worth a read.

Quote:
The ISO’s fantasy that Syrians are now experimenting with radical forms of self-government under the jackboot of ultra-right, sectarian Islamist militias armed by the CIA is ludicrous. Syrian workers in opposition-controlled areas are either simply trying to survive as Islamist guerrillas loot their workplaces, schools, and homes, or are actively protesting the opposition’s thuggery.

A series of interviews in the Guardian with opposition militia forces in Aleppo last December laid out the basic character of the Islamist militias, which plunder the population for cash to buy CIA weapons. One militia commander said, “I liberate an area, I need resources and ammunition, so I start looting government properties. When this is finished, I turn to looting other properties and I become a thief.”

Another opposition official noted the death of an opposition fighter, Abu Jameel, in a fight with other militias over how to divide the loot from the seizure of a steel warehouse. He said, “To be killed because of a feud over loot is a disaster for the revolution. It is extremely sad. There is not one government institution or warehouse left standing in Aleppo. Everything has been looted. Everything is gone.”

Given Aleppo’s role as the center of Syria’s state-run pharmaceutical industry, the opposition’s raids on factories and other state facilities have had a devastating impact. Critical medicines are running out, notably diabetes medications and antibiotics. State flights carrying vaccines into Syria have been shot at, and chlorine for water purification is banned for import by the imperialist powers under the pretext that Assad could use it to create chemical weapons—resulting in a spread of water-borne diseases.

Abdul-Jabbar Akidi, a former Syrian army colonel and a leading official in the opposition’s military council in Aleppo, confessed that there is deep popular hostility in Aleppo to his forces: “Even the people are fed up with us. We were liberators, but now they denounce us and demonstrate against us.”


Another Quote:
"The ISO’s presentation of CIA-backed Islamic fundamentalists as defenders of women’s rights is absurd and repugnant. Should Al Qaeda-type forces conquer Syria with US and Saudi help, Syrian women—who largely lived in modern conditions under the secular Assad regime—will be forced to live under conditions like those faced by women under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan or in Saudi Arabia. There, women are considered legal minors and are denied basic rights, including the right to drive a car.

As it turns out, the Aleppo women activists the ISO cynically held up as examples of the opposition’s supposedly progressive character have not fared well. “In early March, the revolutionary local council in Aleppo was elected and didn’t include a single woman, despite some well-known female activists being nominated,” the ISO writes, complacently adding: “So there is—like everywhere in the world—some distance to go before women have equality in Syria.”


full article here:
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/12/isos-a12.html

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Good Article     Turing    Sat Apr 13, 2013 22:02 
   Zionist Spring     An Drighneán Donn    Sun Apr 14, 2013 07:35 
   boots on the ground? No fly zone? Deja Vu?     fred    Fri Apr 26, 2013 21:37 
   Hilariously Ironic     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun Apr 28, 2013 12:02 
   I agree, but at least it looks now as if they have learned a lesson.     fred    Sun Apr 28, 2013 14:59 
   it gets worse...     fred    Sun Apr 28, 2013 15:38 
   Actually the tactic is opposite     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun Apr 28, 2013 16:18 
   What Israel is really after in Syria     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun Apr 28, 2013 16:37 
   the Zio-Nazis embedded in the US have a plan - "The Smart and Right Thing in Syria."     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun Apr 28, 2013 16:44 
 10   Note the Image used in that article     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun Apr 28, 2013 16:47 
 11   I agree with much of what you are saying.     fred    Sun Apr 28, 2013 17:30 
 12   demonizing wsws?     JoeMc    Sun Apr 28, 2013 21:23 
 13   WSWS is a good site.     fred    Sun Apr 28, 2013 23:01 
 14   Fred the First     Syria    Mon Apr 29, 2013 09:14 
 15   simples     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon Apr 29, 2013 11:32 
 16   Time to End Western Support for Terrorists in Syria: “Opposition” is Entirely Run by Al Qaeda     Turing    Mon Apr 29, 2013 13:04 
 17   Some other not so well known links     W. Finnerty    Mon Apr 29, 2013 15:53 
 18   Sibel Edmonds: Boston link to Chechens gives ok for Russians to attack them. USA gets all clear for Syria     anon    Tue Apr 30, 2013 11:20 
 19   @Anon     Sane Person    Tue Apr 30, 2013 12:36 
 20   Rather than acusing people of "Wingnuttery"     Better a "Wingnutter" than a "Coincidence Theorist"?    Tue Apr 30, 2013 13:24 
 21   At least 13 killed, more than 70 injured as massive car blast rocks central Damascus     Turing    Tue Apr 30, 2013 13:53 
 22   For example     Better a "Wingnutter" than a "Coincidence Theorist"?    Tue Apr 30, 2013 13:56 
 23   On the other hand . . .     Better a "Wingnutter" than a "Coincidence Theorist"?    Tue Apr 30, 2013 14:13 
 24   While Syria burns - the Arab League pontificates     Fred the first    Tue Apr 30, 2013 18:28 
 25   well, yes     @Fred the Troll    Tue Apr 30, 2013 23:38 
 26   What would be your preffered solution, "Fred"?     @ "Fred" the Troll    Tue Apr 30, 2013 23:40 
 27   Zio-Nazis plotting their own demise     For Fred the troll    Tue Apr 30, 2013 23:52 
 28   looks like the Russian / US co-operation theory may not be true     fred    Wed May 01, 2013 16:21 
 29   "USA: The Creator & Sustainer of Chechen Terrorism"?     W. Finnerty    Wed May 01, 2013 17:36 
 30   Dr. Maximilian Forte on the "Responsibility to Protect."     dubaltg8    Thu May 02, 2013 06:04 
 31   Most Syrians reject NATO's sectarian terrorist gangs     An Draigneán Donn    Thu May 02, 2013 18:18 
 32   " ... human rights are not the key principles of the UN Charter"     W. Finnerty    Thu May 02, 2013 21:51 
 33   Syria - this is one Israeli viewpoint - does it fit yours ?     Fred the first    Thu May 02, 2013 22:03 
 34   Gen. Shapira is Doting.     An Draigneán Donn    Thu May 02, 2013 22:39 
 35   Re: Most Syrians reject NATO's sectarian terrorist gangs     Bourgeois Lefty    Fri May 03, 2013 10:38 
 36   It's only the Zio-Nazis, US, Euro Gov'ts and their "Arab"-Dictator Puppets that support attacking Syria     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 06:18 
 37   Zionist Nazis attempting to start another war with Syria or Lebanon?     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 06:30 
 38   tough shit mein kamph     themarxistblog    Sat May 04, 2013 08:17 
 39   Speak of "propaganda" and "sheer mendacity" and look who crawls out from under his rock     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 10:02 
 40   Hilarious response from the fake "Marxist"     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 10:55 
 41   Zio-Nazi Airstrikes Signal Desperation in Syria     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 16:26 
 42   Lebanese Gov't responds to clear Zio-Nazi breach of UN Resolutions.     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 04, 2013 19:27 
 43   Syria arms convoy     Fred the first    Sat May 04, 2013 23:32 
 44   Israel Attacks Damascus     Turing    Sun May 05, 2013 01:46 
 45   What research does Assad do ? EYESIGHT ?     Fred the first    Sun May 05, 2013 09:11 
 46   Israeli airstrikes hit Damascus military site, city's airport - reports     Turing    Sun May 05, 2013 14:03 
 47   If you w\ant to find examples of Nazi-Like behaviour, Mr Zio-Troll, you don't need to go all the way to Damascus     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun May 05, 2013 14:09 
 48   Oh the Irony:     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun May 05, 2013 14:15 
 49   Before the Zio-Nazis launch yet another illegal war of aggression against one of it's neighbours     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun May 05, 2013 14:39 
 50   It's all a trick to set up and destroy the Syrian airforce     fred    Sun May 05, 2013 18:29 
 51   It was quite obvious from the start that the "insurgency" in Syria was preplanned and managed by outside professional forces.     Bourgeois Lefty    Sun May 05, 2013 19:19 
 52   Free Syria ?     Fred the first    Mon May 06, 2013 08:27 
 53   Usually when someone is lying the fact that they provide no link to something they claim as "news" is a bit of a give-away     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon May 06, 2013 08:40 
 54   defend Assad against Jihad but keep Israeli independent     themarxistblog    Mon May 06, 2013 09:19 
 55   Felix Quigley's Grotesque Unbelievable, Bizarre & Unprecedented defence of the indefensible     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon May 06, 2013 12:48 
 56   "Fred-the-Zio-Troll"'s earlier lie is still interesting though     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon May 06, 2013 13:03 
 57   Is Israel to blame for alleged use of Chem Weapons in Syria?     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon May 06, 2013 13:21 
 58   write a proper article instead of engaging in abusive troll bunfights     fred    Mon May 06, 2013 15:18 
 59   Confirmed - the Latest Zio-Nazi Meme     Bourgeois Lefty    Mon May 06, 2013 15:38 
 60   no platform F. Quigley racist troll     JoeMc    Mon May 06, 2013 17:09 
 61   MSM coverage of this is both sickening and hypocritical     fred    Mon May 06, 2013 17:38 
 62   Hezbollah qoute on BBC     Fred the first    Tue May 07, 2013 08:57 
 63   Watch.     Pesk.    Wed May 08, 2013 12:53 
 64   Syrian rebels abduct 4 UN peacekeepers near Golan Heights     Turing    Wed May 08, 2013 16:18 
 65   Radio Hez Boll Lah     Fred the first    Wed May 08, 2013 23:28 
 66   Why DO all you Zio-Nazis and Zio-Trolls lie all the time - IS it genetic?     Bourgeois Lefty    Thu May 09, 2013 08:07 
 67   Zio-Nutter NuttinYahoo gets a telling off from Putin     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 11, 2013 16:55 
 68   UK Media Helps Pave Road to War on Syria     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 11, 2013 21:52 
 69   Joe mc what is your analysis of Islam?     themarxistblog    Sun May 12, 2013 09:33 
 70   Are the turkish atttacks a desperate "false flag" by the terrorists to try to bring Turkey into the fray?     fred    Sun May 12, 2013 20:34 
 71   Please stop the bunfights and discuss the actual topic, and do so in an adult fashion.     wageslave    Sun May 12, 2013 20:47 
 72   Syria     Fred the first    Mon May 13, 2013 22:34 
 73   ISO-ISL     JoeMc    Wed May 15, 2013 12:27 
 74   To have a "revolution" one needs popular supprt, something which neither the US/Zio Terrorist army in Syria nor the Green-Movemnet in Iran has     Lefty #2    Wed May 15, 2013 15:33 
 75   Zio-Nazi/US War on Syria: News Roundup     Bourgeois Lefty    Fri May 17, 2013 13:03 
 76   Merchants of Death : US/Zio-Nazi War On Syrian Civilians     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 18, 2013 12:47 
 77   Testimony regarding the actions of the Zio-Nazi/US backed Terrorists in Syria     Bourgeois Lefty    Sat May 18, 2013 20:12 
 78   a “truly atrocious act”     W. Finnerty    Sun May 19, 2013 09:11 
 79   Countering Pro-Zio-Nazi Propaganda against the Syrian State     Bourgeois Lefty    Tue May 21, 2013 16:10 
 80   Zio-Nazis attempting to escalate the conflict in illegally annexed Golan region     Bourgeois Lefty    Tue May 21, 2013 16:28 
 81   Latest Zio-Nazi/US Anti-Syrian Propaganda Meme: It's ALL Hez b'Allah's fault     Bourgeois Lefty    Tue May 21, 2013 20:08 
 82   Professor Chossudovsky on Syria     W. Finnerty    Tue May 21, 2013 21:04 
 83   Zio-Nazi Loon evidently DETERMINED to start a new Murdering-Spree     Bourgeois Lefty    Wed May 22, 2013 18:46 
 84   Murdoch, Rothschild, Oil and Zio-Nazis - A match made in Hell.     Bourgeois Lefty    Thu May 23, 2013 07:20 
 85   "US Intel committees approve arming Syrian rebels ..."     W. Finnerty    Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:03 
 86   intervention     Joe Mc    Tue Jul 23, 2013 14:07 
 87   An interesting insight into how Russian leaders view war     W. Finnerty    Sun Aug 04, 2013 14:38 


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